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If those who languish with disease, 

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Shall seek for comfort, health and ease 
And would their deadly foe appease, 
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GOUVERNEUR, K Y. 

1879. 



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All persons are. cautioned against writing., printing, or 
publishing anything contained in this book, as they will be 
dealt with according to law, and for any information of any 
person so doing, I will allow a liberal reward to the informant, 

E. S. SHEBWIN, 

Owner of Copyright. 



Entered according to Act of Congress* in the year 1879, by 

ISAAC S. SHERWIN, M. D., 
tn the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington- 



PREFACE. 



The author of this work, having, in common with others,felt 
the ivant ot a book which could truly be called a treatise on our 
sexual desires and our carnally minded or sexual diseases, has 
undertaken the task of supplying such a want ; and, as the re* 
suit of some little time, labor and expense, this volume is pre- 
sented to i he public. This work is designed for the million, 
and i*, therefore, written in such language as to be easily un- 
derstood by my many patients and friends, TO whom I dedi- 
cate this work, li is not a volume which may be taken up 
carelessly and on the account of its size or contents, laid down 
again with a careless indifference as to whether or not it is read 
or purchased. It is a book which is to be regarded as one of the 
chiefest household treasures ; a book which every well-regulated 
family must and will have, even at a great sacrifice, when once 
fully convinced of its value. This may be regarded as strong 
language in regard to any uninspired book, but the reasons I 
have to offer will, I think, convince any one that it is war- 
ranted. No matter what the subject is, knowledge acquired 
broadens our views of life and helps to make us better, for the 
greatest cause of our vices is our ignorance of their after results, 
wh : ch invariably leads to the death of both soul and body. 
No man or woman is as wise as they should be; who does not 
daily strive to become better posted about themselves and their 
relation to their Creator. People, no doubt, might know more 
about themselves than they do, and know better that which 
they already know* The author has always been partial to 
small, plain books tor domestic use, therefore peruse and study 
the matter herein contained, learning for yourselves to know a 
few things more, and learn to know them well. My chief aim 
has been to concentrate the largest possible amount of practical 
knowledge in the smallest possible compass; resting content 
with the conviction : hat the practical bearing of the "little 
book" will be its own best and most modest recommendation 
to public favor. The author does not claim to be the most 
"eminent physician," or the most "distinguished physiologist 
of the nineteenth century ;" he only claims to have given much 
time, practical study, and anxiov.s, conscientious forethought 
about the subjects therein contained — more, perhaps, than any 
other author of our time. It has been written for the infor- 



mation and benefit of the afflicted public generally, and not for 
the medical faculty, hence the omission of all unnecessary ver- 
biage or medical technicalities. It is adapted to the compre- 
hension of the uneducated, common reader, or ordinary men 
and women. Its use as a reference book in nearly all cases of 
our sexual desires and diseases will save an untold amont of 
sickness, suffering, pain and death. 

The entire list of ailments are treated in a plain, practical 
and cautious manner, so that any one can, by refering to the 
book, apply the remedies. It is a complete outfit to the mar- 
ried and those who contemplate marriage, and islhe only work 
of the kind fully up to the requirements of the times, in which 
we now live. If the author has succeded in telling these few 
plain facts in a manner pleasing or instructive to those whom 
they may concern, he has accomplished more than what was 
anticipated. 

Gouverneur, N. Y., 1879. I. S. S. 



CHAPTER I. 

CONTAINS PHILOSOPHY AND FACTS CONCERNING THE TRANS- 
MISSION OF LIFE J OR LOVE, MARRIAGE AND PARENTAGE. 
IT TELLS IT ALL. 

I will commence this chapter by quoting Josh Billings' 
essay on love : "Love iz one of the pashuns, and the most diffi- 
cult one ov all to deskribe. 

I never hav herd love well defiined. 

I hav read several deskripshuns ov it, but they were written 
b/ thoze who were in love (or thought, they waz), and 1 
wouldn't believe such testimony not even under oath. 

Almoste every boddy, sum time in their life, hav bin in 
love, and if they think it iz an eazy sensashun tew deskribe, 
let them set down and deskribe it, and see if the person who 
listens to the deskripshun will be satisfied with it. 

1 waz once in love miself for 7 long vears, and mi friends 
all said i had a consumpshun, but i knu all the time what ailed 
me, but couldn't deskribe it. 

Now all that 1 can rekolekt about this love sikness iz, that 
for thoze 7 long years i waz, if enny thing, rather more of a 
kondem phool than ordinary. 

Love iz an honorabel disease enuff tew have, bekauz it iz 
natral ; but any phello w who haz laid sik with it for seven long 
yerars, after he gins over it feels sum thing like the phellow who 
haz phell down on the ice wlieu it is very wet — he don't feel 
like talking about it before folks." 

Grirls must not look to that mystical step from girl to wife 
with a cold, secular gaze, and with frozen pulses calculate that 
their individual society and pecuniary advantage is the end 
and aim of married life. For marriage is the sacrament of 
love ; they who make it a mere cold convenience for purely 
selfish purposes dig the grave of their happiness on their wed- 
ding day. No woman can live with a noble, affectionate man 
as his wife, and not love him, unless her heart is already given 
to some one else. A man can win his wife's love if he only 
knows how to set about it. But men too generally grow care- 
less after the " honeymoon," and forget how they used to act 
in their courting days. In ihis case the hearts of both grow 



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cold for want of tender and affectionate words ; both parties 
perhaps, being too proud to openly manifest their inmost love 
towards the other. This is radically wrong, for all married 
people shoul earnestly study to make home their earthly heaven. 
They will do this, only, when all the conditions of their mar- 
ried life are fulfilled. " But fire and water do not occupy the 
same territory, they are in opposition and will be till the fire is 
quenched or the water evaporates." It is the nature of every 
man and woman to love something, constantly ; and he or she 
who does not love at home, will soon find an object of affection 
elsewhere. There is but one exception to this rule, and that 
is in the case of the man or woman who expends all their vital 
energies in mental labor ; such persons frequently lose their 
physical stamina, and in time have but little power to generate 
offspring. Small words carelessly spoked are often the key to 
great secrets. 

A wife who tells her friends that she and her husband are 
not happy, is in a polite way advertising for a lover. A hus- 
band who mentions among his friends that he and his wife do 
not quite agree, is very plainly publishing to the world that he 
now loves another woman, or at least is liable to do so upon a 
favorable opportunity. This is my candid opinion, formed by 
observation and experience in real life as it is, (not from what 
some one else thinks it is). With full knowledge then that a 
large majority of wedded couples are, or imagine themselves to 
be badly paired, and need more light, and to improve and 
thereby happify the married state, is, I do not hesitate to say, 
my design in writing this chapter. No subject is so worthy 
of careful attention as that of matrimony and parentage, the 
the latter of which is, or ought to be the end or natural result 
of marriage. In the first stage of our existence, we live as it 
were, in an embrio or egg state, which is in size from one three 
hundreth to one six hundreth of an inch in length, and only a 
hundiv.d and twentieth part of an inch in diameter. Vast mys- 
tery surrounds this egg period. Be it known at this time and 
in this condition the mother is forming the future character of 
her child. Every desire of love or hate, every thought, holy 
aspiration or angry emotion, is at this time telling on her 
expected offspring. Therefore months before the child draws 
its first breath, much responsibility rests on the mother. A 
kind, tender loving spirit with noble desires in the mother, if 
shown constantly from conception to birth, may and indeed is 
apt to, give to the world a philanthropist But a contentious 
passionate, quarrelsome mother will always produce a fretful, 
peevish child, and perhaps it may grow up to be a criminal, 
possibly a murderer. Almost every mother may trace the fret- 
fulness of her child to her own unpleasant surroundings before 
its birth, hence the extreme necessity tor extreme care to avoid 
over eating, over work, drunkeness, sexual and all other 
excesses, for a want of harmony between the parents may 
entail untold evils upon their ofispring, all of which, may, with 
proper care, be wholly avoided. Then your children will be 
good, become jjreat and be ornaments to your and their happy 
homes and blessings to the world. Why are so many married 



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people apparently unhappy ? Why, with the majority, is the 
"honeymoon" so brief? Why is the pleasure of courting and 
seeking a partner with so many, apparently of more value than 
the enjoyment of a life partner when acquired ? Our only an- 
swer is : They are either badly mated, or are ignorant of them- 
selves. Of the former we have nothing to offer except, "hasten 
slowly" to part and then first exhaust all known remedies and 
your own stock of patience and forbearance before despairing. 
If the latter is the trouble we may help you. 

Sexual desire is natural and common to all normal and 
healthy male and female life. The mutual object being to cop- 
ulate and the necessary result to perpetuate the species, the lat- 
ter of which is produced by the action of friction and heat- 
Women conceive more easily a short time after menstruation, 
when the mouth of the uterus is less closed than usual. Be it 
known the mouth of the uterus is so narow that the fecun- 
dating principle would not enter it, but for the fact that it seems 
to crave and inhale or draw it up by real and natural suction or 
attraction. Hence, as we have seen, the uterus is a most im- 
portant organ. Indeed, the uterus, womb and vagina of the 
female does really or to a large extent govern heF. FoTas soon 
as she reaches the age of puberty they have a place in all her 
thoughts, but more especially in those which are occupied with 
love, jealousy, vanity, and beauty ; hence, it may be truly said 
that the reproduction of the species is in her the most impor- 
tant object in life. Is the God of nature less propitious to the 
human family than to brutes ? Of the brute creation not one 
in a thousand lacks the mental and physical capacity for self 
perpetuation. There are important facts which should be 
learned, for barrenness, once considered a curse, can be over- 
come. 

No matter how much quicker in the fecundating acb or 
process one of the parties is by nature than the other, the too 
common practice of selfish gratification, which leads to dinsat- 
isfaction with both parties, can and should be wholly avoided. 
All the natural desires are or may be gratified when these sim- 
ple truths are learned and practiced, and sexual pleasure can 
be protracted far beyond the time which the uninitiated will 
easily credit. Much depends upon a perfect union and the un- 
selfish and unfeigned love which each one shows towards the 
other at this time. Both man and wife must be devoted, and 
truly affectionate, and totally devoid of any ill will towards 
each other in thought, word or action, for love and indifference 
can no more coalesce than oil and water. No ill-assorted cou- 
ple which have but little love and respect for each other are fit 
to have children. The important lesson to learn in having and 
constantly holding an unbroken love towards each other on all 
occasions has be. n the world's greatest lesson. I have known 
of the circumstance where a couple have made a heroic strug- 
gle during many years to this end, and then separate, their 
common friends fully agreeing and deciding that the separa- 
tion was by far best for both. -'Multiply," is a natural as well 
as a divine command, and when a married couple leaves the 



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world without having obeyed the injunction, it can scarcely be 
said of them that they have fulfilled this one great end, at 
least, ol their existence. According to Bible and profane his- 
tory this act alone has caused as little pleasure, and more trou- 
ble than all else combined, yet so imperative is the voice of 
nature in this matter, that the mind of the entire human race 
is more concentrated upon the feelings that leads to the con- 
summation of the sexual act, than all other attributes of our 
being put together. No two persons exactly agree upon any 
other subject, and no two differ on this. 

f: | The fecundating act, through lustful passion, among all 
classes, (the ambitious, the humble, the fierce, the gentle, the 
high, the low, the barbarous and the cultivated,) has ever been 
and now is, practiced at least 75 per cent, too frequently. 
Amorous intercourse should be but sparingly indulged in, then 
the ecstacv of mutual feelings, with both parties, will not 
cause pain, trouble or partings, but will prove an ever-increas- 
ing bond of union. 

Physiologists term woman the passive party, and he who 
understands where to find and how to touch the natural key of 
sexual harmony, either" mentally or physically, gives, while he 
receives, pleasure of the highest order. The eminent Dr. Cul- 
verwell has truly said : "Love is not the parent, but the mutual 
offspring of sexual desire ; and if that instinctive passion be 
frustrated or deprived of its just entitlement, love soon loses 
its name and goes, no one knows whither." 

In concluding this chapter, let me freely say : How delight- 
ful must De the mutual feelings, how deep-rooted and genuine 
the enjoyment of the happily married couple who have an un- 
doubted confidence of virtue in themselves and in each other. 
Thus do we see that love, marriage and parentage, with all 
their results, should be guided by reason and governed by the 
immutable laws of our natures, all of which were wisely estab- 
lished by an all-wise Creator. 



CHAPTER II. 

ON THE PREVENTION OF CONCEPTION, OR HOW EVERY 
MOTHER CAN REGULATE HER OWN OFFSPRING. THIS 
KNOWLEDGE IS AN ENTIRELY NEW DISCOVERY, NEVER 
BEFORE PUBLISHED. WORTH $IOOO, TO ANY MOTHER. 

For myself I love children, but would certainly rather not 
have them born at all than see them crowding into the world 
to contend with incurable diseases, struggle against the horrors 
of poverty or run the gauntlet of starvation and famine, which 
is the fate of so many in this our day. In this chapter I shall 
speak plain language which can be easily understood and not 
inferred. It may be urged by some that to prevent pregnancy, 
would be an inventive act and an improvement on nature, in 
opposition to the natural laws of our Creator. This argument 
or theory would be nonsense ; for carrying this principle out, 
would upset all the artificial machinery in the world. It would 
in this case as in the past give instinct and passion preference 
over education and reason ; it would drive the whole human 
family to the woods for roots and herbs and wild game as food 
and to the natural caves for protection and shelter. The Crea- 
tor made man and left him in a slate of nature without any 
earthly possession above the brute, except the organs of speech 
and the God-like gift of reason. If, therefore, any should cen- 
sure me for using my reason, (and if they be correct), then the 
building of a house would be considered a crime. Carrying 
this principle backwards it would prove the same, thus leaving 
man a condemned criminal for his learning and advancement 
and with a natural right to less than a covering of the original 
fig leaves. 

" Let us reason together " for a moment. A woman with 
a narrow spine and crooked pelvis is unfit to bear children. A 
woman who is scrofulous or whose blood is tainted with hered- 
itary disease, should not have children ; either the poison 
would take active form in her or in her child, often causing the 
death of one, sometimes both. What mother desires to be 
haunted with the thought that she, though innocently,has pois- 
oned the blood of her child mouths before it was born. There 



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should be at least three years between the birth of children ; 
the fashion of bearing children every year or once in two years 
is heathenish and truly marks a great want of judgement in 
parents. She must find nutrition for herself not only, but two 
children during the whole time ; one at her breast, and for the 
one which she carries under her bosoms. Now my friend this 
Is worse than brutish, for no husband has a moral or natural 
right to marry a blooming girl, full of love, life, grace and 
beauty, and in a few years by his ungovernable lust transform 
her into a sallow, sunken-eyed, toothless old woman. There- 
fore, whatever may be the views of the rigid moralist in regard 
to controling conception, the necessity of such simple knowl- 
edge and means of prevention can be clearly shown and justi- 
fied by every principal of humanity, reason and virtue. 

Remember I am no friend to any abortive plan, indeed 
my plan does away with this evil entirely, as it only pre- 
vents, not destroying conception. I mav say that I abolish 
the crime of infanticide altogether, and thus check an- 
other crying evil, namely : the increase of illegitimate chil- 
dren. Political economists, mighty men, great men, smart 
men, physicians, in fact every married man and woman, for 
six thousand years at least, have thought of and greatly 
desired to have in their immediate possession an easily under- 
stood and effective means whereby they could regulate their 
own offspring. And while so many who have heretofore writ- 
ten so much to prove they knew so little about this important 
subject, it was left to an ordinary mind to enlighten the 
world, thus leaving this discovery in your possession, as it 
were, without money and without price. 

I feel that I am doing good to those whom it may concern, 
in showing them how nature may be allowed the full and free 
exercise of her right, without being productive of the result 
complained of. I will tii>t give you the expensive, unreason- 
able, ungodly and life-destroying preventatives which have 
heretofore been practiced, thus showing the foolishness of 
other inventors, who never seem to have intelligently examined 
the most simple and easily understood facts concerning our 
human nature. A great, physician of Paris recommends 
*• horseback riding over a very rough road the following day, 
trotting the horse briskly." What wisdom for a Doctor! 
Another Doctor says "to arise and dance about the room a few 
minutes before repose will have the desired effect." Indeed 
that would effect nothing unless the taking of a severe cold — 
what nonsense ! The third Doctor "recommends a baih in 
cold sea water soon atter coition." Isn't lie wise ? The fourth 
says " a fine sponge cut the right size witu a silk cord attached 
by which to withdraw it alter absorbing the generating fluid, 
would accomplish the desired result, and he only charged each 
individual for his discovery, ten dollars. Another recom- 
mends " the male to wear an oil silk 01 rubber condum, 
costing him (the Doctor) three cents each, bat which he retails 
to his special confidential customers for $1,00." Another "rec- 
ommends the female to constantly eat highly stimulating food." 
Another says "and a few drops of oil of vitriol to a little warm 



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water will make a desirable wash to be used with a syringe 
soon after the act, say three or four syringes-full used energet- 
ically will do the business." Among the latest inventions is a 
rubber ring, (to be inserted well up the vagina), the center 
containing a thin sack or bag. This was invented and patented 
in 1864 by a surgeon in France and they retail for ten dollars in 
gold in that country and in the Uuited States the retail price in 
greenbacks is $20.00. The above and many other preventatives 
are all equally bad. The practice of withdrawing is still 
worse, as it will in time ruin the health of both husband and 
wife. It is no better than self-pollution, causing the husband 
in many cases to become incapable of performing the sexual 
act. There are many other pernicious practices resorted to, to 
prevent conception, but they all pioduce disease and death. 
Compare the foregoing with the following : 

FULL DIRECTIONS TO PREVENT CONCEPTION. 

After sexual intercourse, the female is to arise immediately 
(i , or out of bed,) and squat over a chamber vessel containing 
urine, then wash the vagina, using only the urine with the 
fore finger. If it so happens that there is no urine in the vessel, 
then squat over it, holding the lips ot the vagina securely closed 
with the hand, then urinate, and retain the urine a minute, or 
until it forces its u ay up to the fallopian tubes and mouth of the 
uterus, when it must come in contact with the seed, and is in- 
stantly destroyed by dissolving, and will pass off with the 
urine. Generally there is a desire to urinate at once after hav- 
ing had connection ; but when it is convenient, (and a previous 
forethought will make it so,) see that the vessel contains pure 
urine, if fresh and warm it is all the better. Some prefer using 
the uriuu with a syringe ; orhei*3 apply it, using a swab. But 
with a little practice >r ou will prefer washing with urine, using 
nothing but your fingers, needing only a wiping towel there- 
after. You ask : Why does washing out with urine prevent 
conception ? We answer : Urine is composed of hippurie acid, 
muriate of ammonia, and sulphate of ammonia, each of which is 
life-destroying to any form of animal life with which it comes 
it contact. The seed ot man is a fully organized form of life, 
and when brought in contact, with urine it is instantly killed. 
Therefore, the germination of the seed cannot go on, and im- 
pregnate the ovary of the female, which, if allowed, would be- 
come a, living br-iug. In conclusion, the reader, I trust, will do 
me the justice to say that 1 have treated the subject matter of 
this chapter as delicately as ir. could be handled, yet without in 
any way mystifying the true meaning intended to be conveyed. 

Experimental knowledge of my own for fifteen years past, 
and twenty or more families who have known and practiced 
this discovery the past ten years, can fully attest its merits, not 
one single failure having occurred. This discovery was made 
by myself, and this is the first time I have allowed its publica- 
tion, or permitted these secrets to go to press. Not that I was 
selfish in the matter, but I wished an extension of farther and 
more scientific tests of the virtue of uriue before I made this 
chapter public. The following illustrative cut and its figures 
will explain this chapter at a glance : 




1— Clitoris, corresponds to the penis in the male. 

2 2— T,abia Majora and Minora, or lips of the Vagina. 

3 3— Urethra, or bladder passage. 

4 4— Vagina, or canal from the womb to the outside world. 

5 5 — Os Uteri, or opening of the Uterus. 
f5 6 6— Uterus, or the Womb. 

7— Rectum, or lower extremity of the Intestines. 

8— Pladder, or reservoir containing Urine. 

9— Symphysis Pubis, or front part of Pelvis bone. 

10— Ovary, corresponds to the male Testicles, and when deposited in it contains the 
egg of life. 

Note— The half-moon shaped body below the opening of the Uterus, indicates the 
position of the seed of man when deposited by him, showing conclusively that it can be 
easilv dissolved and washed away by the urine and prevented from passing up to No. 10 
and becoming a living being. 



CHAPTER III. 

SOLITARY PRACTICES ', CALLED ONANISM, OR SELF-POLLU- 
TION, MASTERBATION, AND VENEREAL DEBEAUCHMENT. 
A SHORT, POINTED, PLAIN CHAPTER, CONTAINING RE- 
DEEMING KNOWLEDGE WHICH EVERY MAN AND WOMAN 
SHOULD UNDERSTAND. 

The majority of physicians of high authority have main- 
tained that two-thirds of all diseases which to-day afflict the 
human family, originated by these habits. As regards myself 
I do not believe it ; but I am convinced that those evil practices 
have entailed great calamities on all who indulge in them to 
excess, and that their fearful effects do produce consumption, 
impotence, lunacy, and oftimes premature death. Need I say 
that these haibts are wrong, and should be corrected alto- 
gether ? Need I say that it is better to kindly warn a child 
against these practices, when we know it is demoralizing them, 
and undermining their health and reason? Can parents of 
children or friends of humanity, remain silent from motives of 
most absurd and false modesty, and allow any child to go to 
ruin when they are unconscious that they are doing anything 
wrong? I do not hesitate to say that the parent, or any other 
person who, knowing these facts, have done their whole chris- 
tian duty without endeavoring to give an effective warning. 
My advice to parents is this : Pleasantly and carefully reason 
with the party suspected, in confidence ; tell them that 
they cannot offend God or themselves without being dis- 
covered, as its persistence will mark them all over with sus- 
picion and evidences of guilt. Warn them ot the dreadf.il 
consequences that must inevitably folio w evil practices it per- 
sisted in ; inform them that it will impair their beauty, stop 
their giowth, (and in females) it causes blotches on their skin 
generally, and the forehead especially breaks out in disgusting 
eruptions or pimples. Tell them they will become idle, slug- 
gish and listless ; their breath will be offensive ; their eyes dull, 
and their appetite lost. In fact any person long addicted to 
these habits will become cowardly, timid, depressed in mind 
and spirits, going about, as it were, dragging their legs behind 



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them, instead of walking upright, body erect, with a manly, 
self-reliant look. Recommend to all such, their best (and only 
lasting) medicine, namely : a steady, healthful occupation, nour- 
ishing food, airy bedrooms, early retiring and rising, warm 
bath at least once a week ; avoidance of all stimulants, even tea, 
coffee and tobacco ; read no pernicious novels or silly love 
stories, throw away and avoid all obscene, ungodly literature, 
and have but little or nothing to do with those who keep and 
read them. This advice will apply to all — old or young — and 
should be effectual to all whom it may concern. For, it is 
scarcely to be supposed that any one, young or old, of either 
sex, would persist in a practice, which, apart from its other 
attendant evils, would not only mai their beauty but render 
them unfit subjects for genuine matrimony. In conclusion, 
dear reader, let me exhort you to live pure, examine the Word 
of God on this subject, and forget not Solomon's last words, 
found in Ecclesiastes, last chapter, last two verses : " Let us 
hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep 
His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For 
God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret 
thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil." 



CHAPTER IV. 

GONORRHEA (CLAPP). — ITS CAUSE, SYMPTOMS AND PERMA- 
NENT CURE. IMPROVED TREATMENT, INFORMING EVERY 
PATIENT WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE, REQUIRING NO PHYSI- 
CIAN, SAVING TIME, PAIN AND MONEY. THIS CHAPTER 
ALONE IS WORTH TEN TIMES THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK. 

Gonorrhea is an inflamation of the mucus membrane lin- 
ing the urethra in men and the vagina in women ; seated, in 
the male, in the head of the penis, and in the female, a short 
distance up the vagina. In its progress it communicates its 
poison to all the surrounding parts, and produces a variety of 
painful sensations. This disease is usually developed in from 
three to seven days after exposure (generally caused by break- 
ing the 7th Commandment). There is usually first telt an un- 
easy sensation, and scalding pain in making water; a whitish 
discharge at first takes place, subsequently turning to a thick 
yellow matter. At times there will" be great desire for sexual 
intercourse, having many erections, which must not be in- 
dulged in, for it will the sooner and more rapidly develop the 
disease. At times the inflamation will spread to other parts, 
occasioning swelled testicles, swelling in the groin ; sometimes 
when the inflamation is considerable, there will be observed a 
slight quantity of blood in the discharges. When it exists in 
a high degree it produces what is called Chordee ; this is very 
apt to occur when the patient is warm in bed. The first time 
(and once is sufficient) a patient has this disease it is accom- 
panied with a greater degree of inflamation than in any subse- 
quent attack, requiring care, patience, and total abstinance 'till 
cured. Proper attention must be observed in what you eat and 
drink ; your diet should be light, but nutritious and easy of 
digestion. Avoid all kinds ot acid food or drinks, fat or greasy 
articles, salt, salted meats, and all intoxicating drinks, espe- 
cially ale and beer. Be very careful night and day that not a 
particle of the virus comes in contact with the eyes, as it would 
produce that terrible disease, Gonorrhea Opthalma. Never 
squeeze the penis — many patients have this fault. Nothing can 
be more injurious as it prevents a prompt cure. Cleanliness 



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is absolutely necessary, therefore wash the parts three or four 
times daily, using clean warm water, and any good cleansing 
soap. 

Treatment : — The following injection should be used (im- 
mediately after urinating or cleansing), three or tour times each 
day, using only a small glass or gutta percha syringe — one that 
works easily. The medicine should be thrown up the penis 
and retained for at least one or two minutes. 

R. — Sulphate Zinc, forty grains; Calomel, forty grains; Laudanum, two 
drachms; Rose Water, eight ounces. Mix, and label^the bottle "injection only." 

For internal treatment use "Blood and Liver Syrup No. 1." 
Formula an another page. Dose : — One to two tablespoonsfull 
three times daily, half an hour before meals— the last and larg- 
est dose at bed time — using enough to keep the bowels freely 
open. Continue this treatment until entirely well. These di- 
rections are to' be followed also in case of GJeet — nothing 
better. 

Generally this treatment will accomplish a cure in from 
'our to ten days ; some persons, however, will require as many 
weeks, for the simple reason that they will not control their 
passions, throw away their smoking, chewing and drinking, 
and keep clean — all of which every patient should do. Gon- 
orrhea and Gleet, in females is about the same as in the male, 
allowing for the difference of the parts. They are, however, 
more subject to greater pain. 

Follow the same directions that are laid down for males, 
usi.g a female syringe, (glass or gutta percha,) and. with this 
throw the injection well up the vagina. The patient must be 
on her back, with hips and lower limbs elevated. The injec- 
tion must positively be retained each time at least three to five 
minutes. No other medicine is generally required, bnt every 
patient, male or female, had better use the following injection 
morning and evening, for two weeks after they think they are 
well. 

R.— Tincture of Golden Seal, one ounce; mix with ten ounces soft water. 

By following these directions, the patients can cure them- 
selves in a few days or weeks. It is of great consequence, and 
will hasten the cure if the patient can have quietness and rest, 
being caretul not to heat their blood. 



CHAPTER V. 

SYPHILIS* (POX). ITS FULL HISTORY J ORIGIN, NATURE, 
SYMPTOMS AND PERMANENT TREATMENT. TO ANY PER- 
SON THAT NOW HAS, LIABLE TO HAVE, OR EVER HAD, 
THIS DREADFUL DISEASE, THEY CANNOT IN DOLLARS 
AND CENTS VALUE THE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION 

CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER. 

*Notb.— The term Syphilis is from a Greek word signifying filthy. 

Syphilis. — This affliction to the children of men is a pun- 
ishment given by the Creator of Heaven and Earth, in conse- 
quence of man's physical sins, more particularly for excessive 
adultery, confined mostly among the individuals and nations 
who do not control their sexual passions. Sometimes God 
uses this disease as a pleague, destroying wicked nations by the 
thousands. The first account given as an individual judgment 
was the case of King David. A full history of his adultery and 
murder will be found by reading the eleventh chapter of Sec- 
ond Samuel. Take particular notice of the second, third, 
fourth and fifth verses. Now turn to the Psalms ot David and 
carefully read the thirty-eighth chapter. David wrote this 
Psalm not quite a year after he had illicit intercourse with 
Bethsheba, the wife of Uriah — just about the right time for the 
terrible secondary symptoms to make their appearance upon 
the king. Notice the whole chapter, more particularly the first 
.seven verses. Whether David was cured by God in answer to 
prayer, or by medicine, I cannot say, but one thing is sure, he 
was healed, and had healthy offspring after the death of the 
bastard child, the fruit of his adultery. Also read carefully 
the fifteenth chapter of Leviticus. See comments on this chap- 
ter oy Dr. Adam Clark. 

In the form of a plague, this disease made its last appear- 
ance in the year 1450, commencing in Naples, Italy. It mani- 
fested itself in blotches, boils and scabs, covering nearly the 
entire body, making a horrid appearance ; in a few days the 
hair would fall off; the flesh become rotten, causing death in 
about three weeks. It soon spread from city to city, (very 



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much as the cholera has done in our day,) until nearly every 
country in Europe had received it. No known remedy could 
then cure it, and for twenty years this plague ran, at times, 
causing tens of thousands of deaths per year. At last, about 
the year 1470, Dr. Beranger of Strasburg, Germany, tried the 
effect of mercury, (which was practiced thereafter,) and it en- 
tirely changed the nature of the disease, and it became gonor- 
rhoea!, communicated since that time only by sexual inter- 
course. 

The effect of this disease is pitiable to contemplate ; the 
bones feel sore ; the pores are open, and every change of weath- 
er is felt, even to the marrow ; a cold shivering uneasiness of 
the entire body is felt, leaving the sufferer a perfect barometer. 
Its effect on the mind is worse than on the body ; it becomes 
peevish, fretful, gloom,,, suspicious, full of anxiety, borrowing 
trouble ; dejection seizes the mind, which it cannot throw off*. 
This is the condition of every one who has this disease, and 
will be, until it is expelled from the system. This is a chronic 
disease, and its cure very slow, requiring time not only, but a 
patience like that of Job. With the exception of Cancer, this 
is the worst of all diseases. But few persons have any idea of 
the extent to which this disease now prevails. 

It may again be allowed to spread throughout the universal 
world, and constitute the first one of the seven last plagues 
described in the sixteenth chapter of Revelations, the r «cond 
verse. WHO KNOWS? 

Symptoms: — The disease (now-a-days) generally makes its 
first appearance in from one to eight days after cohabitation. 
At first there is a little redness, then a postule is formed upon 
the head of the penis, which soon breaks, leaving an open sore, 
the infecting chancre is single, and surrounded by a hard bor- 
der ; sometimes two or more will appear at the same time, 
causing considerable destruction of the tissues, and at times 
are not surrounded by the hard border ; these are called soft 
chancres. After the local sores have existed for some time, 
little lumps will appear in the groin, which sometimes enlarge 
and merge into one blue tumor, called bubo, sometimes becom- 
ing as large as a goose egg, disappearing in a few weeks; at 
other times it will break and discharge, forming an open sore 
which is difficult to heal. Copper-colored spots will appear 
upon the face and body ; the hair falls out; the glands in the 
back of the neck become very painful. In about six or eight 
months ulcers appear in the mouth and throat, which often de- 
stroys the soft parts, or the membrane lining ; the eyes are lia- 
ble to become affected by inflamation. 

Syphilitic ulceration of the bones will appear, first by 
lumps called nodes. They form on the bones and finally ulcer- 
ate, causing decay, an offensive scent, and much pain ; the 
bones of the shin, elbows and forehead, are most frequently 
affected. Syphilitic catarrh will often appear in the nose, and 
surrounding parts, so that the nasal passages will become de- 
stroyed, presenting a hideous appearance. In many cases there 
will appear eruptions on many parts of the oodv ; they will 
fester and break, and hard thickened crusts are formed, at- 
tended by itching. 



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Treatment : — Now, my friend, you and I must go to work 
in real earnest — we must work side by side. I cannot be with 
you in person, but we will be together in mind and spirit, for 
you have been overtaken with a severe penalty, but help you 
can, and must have, and not one word of fancy about this, it is 
as correct as black and white can make it. Under no circum- 
stances can you experience a gi eater necessity for skilled treat- 
ment than in this disease. The first thing necessary is a supply 
of the following drugs : A vial of Nitric, Acid ; a vial of pure 
Calomel ; two ounces Glycerine, with one drachm Carbolic 
Acid added — these for external treatment. One ounce of Sugar 
of Milk, with one tenth of an ounce of Calomel added, and 
thoroughly mixed by trituration ; one ounce of Iodide of Po- 
tassium made line in mortar — for internal use. Number and 
label each bottle plainly to avoid all chances for a mistake. 

With the first appearance of chancres commence your local 
treatment by dipping a snjall pine stick into the Nitric Acid, 
and (after wiping off the superabundant liquid,) apply it to 
every part of the chancre or sore ; then saturate a little cotton 
wool with the Glycerine mixture, applying this pack to the 
penis, bringing back the foreskin to cover the cotton pack and 
keep it in place. [In case of swelled penis, and when difficult 
to cover and uncover with the foreskin, then use the following 
wash to inject under the foreskin to reduce the swelling : R. — 
Corrosive Sublimate five grains, dissolved in two ounces soft 
water. Use this three times a day as a wash 'til swelling dis- 
appears.] Do not be afraid, but endure the pain, and in a few 
hours, or the next day, wash and cleanse the parts, using warm 
soap suds ; then sprinkle the sores with a little pure Calomel, 
smooth down aud cover with cotton to hold it in place, bring- 
ing forward the foreskin, il possible, for this purpose. Con- 
tinue this local treatment for four days using first the Glyce- 
rine, then the Calomel packed in cotton ; then wash and exam- 
ine, and if the sore has not commenced to heal, then the caute- 
rization should be repeated, using the acid stick as at first, 
following up with the Calomel and lint and Glycerine and lint 
as before specified, until all soreness is gone, which usually takes 
from ten days to three weeks. 

No matter in what form this disease manifests itself, the 
cure will mainly depend on the internal, or constitutional treat- 
ment ; therefore commence using the internal at once, in con- 
nection with the local treatment, by taking the Sugar of Milk 
mixture in small doses — about what will lie on point of pen 
knife blade — every 4 hours dry on the tongue; continue this for 
3 weeks. Then change by taking the following for three weeks 
in teaspoon doses three times a day, before meals : R. -Dissolve 
what Iodide Potassium will lie on a silver quarter in two ounces 
water, not too strong. If attended with sore throat, use the 
above also as a gargle 'two or three times a day. If testicles 
swell, wear a supporter, (for sale at drug stores). If the glands 
of the groin swell, paint them every other day with Tincture 
of Iodine. This will prevent bubo. Continue the internal 
treatment for three months or even six months, changing from 
the Sugar and Calomel to the Potassium mixture, alternately 
every three or four weeks. Continue the penis or sore throat 



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treatment as long as pain and soreness exists, using the gargle 
freely, and if nose feels inflamed or sore use the same by inject- 
ing into each nostril, twice a day 'till well. If, from constitu- 
tional peculiarities or extraordinary complications, and the 
case demands it, consult a skillful physician, in connection with 
this treatment, for some cases may require special attention. 
Female patients are to follow the same directions (allowing for 
the difference of the parts), applying the acid stick to the 
chancres through a womb speculum, also the Calomel and cot- 
ton pack and the Glycerine and cotton pack, must be carefully 
adjusted through the speculum. This treatment must be given 
by an experienced nurse or physician, and the cotto . pack 
must not be neglected, as this will prevent the affected parts 
from coming in contact with the surrounding flesh. 

Your diet must be nutrititious, using ripe fruit, vegetables, 
bean soup with but little salt, and pure milk, whole boiled 
wheat looked over and prepared and used in the manner as you 
would rice, but eaten in milk will be preferable. Frequent 
bathing, and perfect cleanliness must be observed ; when con- 
venient take Turkish bath once a week. Do not, for one mo- 
ment, allow yourself to be tempted, or have sexual intercourse, 
but abstain entirely from it and all stimulating drinks — coffee, 
tobacco and very strong tea. In case of secondary or old cases 
of Syphilitic Catarrh, inject into each nostril, twice a day, the 
following : R. — Benzoic Acid, five grains, dissolved in one pint 
soft water; use a small glass syringe, holding head back to 
allow the liquid to pass to all parts of the nasal passages ; con- 
tinue this simple treatment for three, or even six months, 'til 
well. In advanced cases where ulcers already appear, (which 
occur over the superficial bones,) they can only be cured by 
protracted use of a good blood purifier and local applications. 
In describing their treatment bear in mind this same treatment 
will cure any sore, I care not as to its nature, or how long it 
has been running, whether caused by Syphilis, Scrofula, or a 
fever. First — cleanse the sore or sores every day [in a warm 
room] with castilesoap and warm soft water, jsing a soft lather 
brush kept only for the purpose ; dry with soft linen, without 
rubbing the sores, but rub well with hand the surrounding- 
flesh in the vicinity of the sores after each and every cleansing. 
For a general dressing use the following : Gather a quantity of 
old beech leaves, steep or boii two hours in 6 quarts soft water, 
then strain and boil the liquor down to about an ounce, mix 
with this two ounces ot Glycerine and twenty grains of Car- 
bolic Acid. Now, cut thin [tissue] paper for each sore, a little 
larger than will cover the sores, and apply the above lotion on 
one side only, and cover each sore, dampen the outside to pre- 
vent sticking to clothing. These papers will generally remain 
on all night without bandage, and should remain on all day. 
Continue this treatment until well, even if it takes several 
months, bu f , once a week use a fomentation of wheat bran and 
beech leaves steeped in a little sweet milk ; bind on each ulcer 
at night, hot as can be borne. [Beech leaves can be found even 
in winter on second growth trees.) This softens the surround- 
ing flesh, leaving it more natural, causing a gentle perspiration* 
Above all things, have patience with these sores, and do not 



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manifest too much haste, for you do not want to skim new 
skin over rotten flesh. Remember, until you get the flesh to 
its natural color, ihe circulation is not good, and the flesh is 
not sound, do no very hard work, but exercise both mind and 
body as you can bear. For internal treatment, to cure old 
sores caused by Syphilis, take the following Blood and Liver 
Syrup No. 1. Each physician has his pet blood purifier, but, 
all things considered, I doubt whether there exists a cheaper, 
better, or more durable blood and liver medicine than the fol- 
lowing. There are more so-called diseases than the visible 
stars, but I know of no one remedy that goes farther towards 
the relief of them all than this simple mixture. As its benefits 
are extended, indigestion, billiousness, intermittent fever, 
rheumatism, kidney disorders, dyspepsia, costiveness, piles, 
syphilitic, scrofulous and scarbucic disorders lose their terrors. 
It is estimated that the blood makes the circuit of the body in 
each and every seven minutes ; and whenever an)' ot its chan- 
nels are clogged by impurities, disease, in time, will follow. 
Therefore these little canals, which are filled with blood, must 
be kept pure, for if they are allowed to carry waste, worn out 
and thrown off dregs from the system, made from improper 
food and drink, the stomach, bowels and digestive organs will 
not do their work aright. Good blood then is indispensable 
to health, as these canals never cease during life, but carry fresh 
matter made from food, into every part ; it stands to reason 
we should keep our reservoir (the stomach) in good condition 
and supplied with wholesome material, and the bowels freely 
open. Beware of and avoid costly tinctures, tonics, blood pu- 
rifiers, and bitters ; use instead the following simple compound: 

Blood and Liver Syrup No. 1. 
R. — Salts, four ounces; Cream Tartar, two ounces; Sulphur, 
one ounce ; Iodide Potassium, one-fourth of an ounce ; Citrate 
of Iron, one-half drachm ; soft water, one pint. Put all in 
quart bottle ; shake until dissolved. Then add Fluid Ex f . Man- 
drake and Dandelion, of each, one-half an ounce, mixed with 
four ounces G-in ; mix all together and filter ; when clear add 
Syrup, eight ounces; when it is ready for use. Dose : — One to 
two tablespoonsful half hour before meals three times a day, or 
the largest and last dose can be take , at bed time. 

Remember all ulcers in general, no matter by what name 
they ate called, are channels or an outlet to the offensive and 
impure matter in the system, and if the outlets or sores are 
healed over or closed up before the offensive matter is driven 
from the system, it will cause another opening. Therefore, be 
doubly assured the system is cleansed by using the Blood and 
Liver Syrup as above, before healing an ulcer. To hasten the 
healing aiid remove soreness apply Kerosene Oil freely. It is 
more of a mystery to me what prevents an ulcer from spread- 
ing and eating up the entire body, than it is to know what 
keeps it so long open and remaining stationary. 



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In concluding this chapter, let me freely exhort those af- 
flicted with Syphilis (or old painful running soresj, that thous- 
ands now fill the grave of the loathed of society and were once 
the greatest of sufferers, and thousands are now afflicted with 
this terrible disease in its worst and most dangerous form and 
are doomed to the same fate, unless endowed with sufficient 
courage to take counsel, by using common sense, reason and 
consistency, which will direct the sufferer to the way of escape 
by following the directions contained in this chapter. Remem- 
ber virtuousness has its good reward. Keep entirely away 
from bad company, and made a strong personal effort to get 
well. Ever after this your diet and habits must be carefully 
guarded. Avoid all kinds of spirits, wine, and hard cider ; 
use no tobacco, opium, pork, coffee, or strong tea. Then your 
health will at once improve, and your life will be prolonged, 
If you have imitated and followed David's bad example in 
committing adultery, and are afflicted with his terrible symp- 
toms and trouble, as recorded in Psalms, chapter 38 and 39,» do 
not for one moment forget his good example ; own your wrong 
doings, and earnestly pray to God as David did. Carefully 
read both chapters and meditate their true meaning. 



CHAPTER VI. 

EYE DISORDERS, SUCH AS INFLAMATION, AND HOW TO TREAT 
THEM. DEAFNESS, AND HOW TO TREAT IT. CONSUMP- 
TION, WITH REMEDIES TO TREAT IT. A CONCLUDING 
ESSAY ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO, OR THEIR FEARFUL 
EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN SYSTEM. 




Test for measuring the Seeing Powers, or to ascertain 
if the Patfent is Partially or Totally Blind :— Take the 
patient into a room from which daylight is wholly excluded. 
"See if they are able to point in the direction of a very dim 
lamp light ; or if they are able to discern it only when it is 
very brilliant, or able to see it at all. If they cannot tell with 
certainty, standing near the light, whether we shade it from 
them or whether it shines full in their face, then theie is no 
vision to be improved and no restoration of sight is possible. 
In these experiments, if one eye only is affected, cover the 
other with the folded handkerchief so as to exclude all light 
from it. A healthy eye will readily distinguish light from 
darkness with the lids firmly closed." 

The nature, seat, and severity of the pain complained of 
by the patient is of importance as an aid to a diagnosis [or 
known cause]. This being the necessary help to the selection 



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of appropriate remedies. If the pain or soreness affect the sur- 
face of the cornea (or colored portion of the eye) it should be 
carefully scrutinized, and if found to contain any ulceration, 
abrasion, or unevenness, then apply the following eye water 
twice a day for three days, then omit one day, and so on till 
well. In cuse the cornea and lids are both affected, treat the 
cornea first, with the following eye water. 

R. — Sulphate Morphia, three grains; Nitrate Silver, four 
grains ; Soft Water, one ounce ; dissolve and filter ; drop one 
drop into the affected eye, morning and evening, or apply it 
with camel's hair brush. And at bed time, each evening, apply 
a bandage over the affected eye or eyes, and let it remain till 
morning, then bind on the following : Steep a handful of old 
beech leaves a few minutes in a little sweet milk ; put on warm. 
The bandage may consist of a piece of linen about ten inches 
long and four inches wide when doubled, with tape at either 
end to pass around the head twice and tie, also a piece of tape 
may pass over the top of the head to hold the bandage in place. 
Follow up this local treatment not only, but in connection 
take two tablespoonsful of the Blood and Liver Syrup No. 1, 
every night at bedtime till well. 

Acute or chronic inflamation of the eyes, scrofula inflama- 
tion, catarrhal inflamation, gonorrhceal inflamation, and all 
granulated old sore eye lids. Directions: — Use the beech 
leaves and milk, with the bandage, and the Blood and Liver 
Syrup No. 1, just as above described, and the following eye 
water : Aqua Calcus Wafer, three ounces ; Sulphate of Copper, 
ten grains ; Calomel, ten grains ; Solid Ext. Hyosiamus, fifteen 
grains ; Loaf Sugar and Salt, of each, five grains ; disolve and 
filter; apply two or three times a day. Patients should not 
try to use their eyes for at least half an hour after each appli- 
cation. All complicated or difficult, or surgical operations 
should be referred to a first-class Oculist and Optician. 




Diseases of the Ear are numerous, but I can only give 
you a few directions for treatment of impaired hearing aim 
deafness. In rhe first place, any thin« that obstruct" the free 



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passage of sound should be carefully removed with ear spoon 
or otherwise. All foreign bodies, such as earwax, and all col- 
lection of pus, and so on, should be removed before any treat- 
ment can possibly help. 

Inflamation of the middle ear and consequent collection of 
pus, (loosening and destroying of the orricula, morbid pro- 
cesses in the labyrinth and the auditory nerves, about which 
we know so little, and the natuise of which can rarely, if ever, 
be understood during the life-time of the patient,) must be 
carefully handled if improvement is obtained. First the pa- 
tient must keep blood pure by freely using Blood and Liver 
Syrup No. 1, and observe perfect cleanliness. Dryness of the 
ear causes partial deafness. In such cases use the following, 
morning and evening. Make a little swab by roiling a little 
cotton wool on a stick (a match will do) ; dip this into the mix- 
ture and appl/ with care. R. — Sweet Oil of Almonds, one 
ounce; Carbolic Acid and Oil ot Peppermint, of each, six 
drops ; mix. 

Otorrhea, or running in the ear, with sickening scent, is 
a bad disease and very common, particularly among infants 
and children. This disease is supposed difficult — many physi- 
cians arguing that if these discharges are cured or surpressed 
in the ear, would at once go to tut; brain. Nonsense! Regulate 
the patient's bowels, giving freely the Blood and Liver Syrup 
No. 1, cleansing the ear twice a day, using syringe and soap 
suds ; then apply the following twice a day after each cleaning, 
morning and evening. Pack the ear with cotton. R. — Glyce- 
rine, 1 ounce; Tine. Muriate of Iron, I drachm; Carbolic Acid, 5 
drops; mix. In case of soreness outside and around the ear, 
rub the affected parts once a day thoroughly, using the follow- 
ing linimr-nt. R. — Sweet Spirits of Nitre, four ounces ; Harts- 
horn and Chloroform, of each, one ounce ; Grum Camphor, Oil 
Sassafras and Oil Juniper, of each, half an ouYue ; mix. 




Consumption, Coughs, Asthma. Bronchitis, or other dis- 
eases of the throat or lungs, we shall consider briefly under 
one head, recommending the patient but few remedies, and 
much caution on their part to avoid every known cause or 
causes that have affected to advance the consuming process 
which, in time, if not checked, may prove fatal to the lungs. 
It is a well known fact that the people in our changeable cli- 
mate suffer greatly from colds and cough. To he convinced of 
this fact it is onlv necessarv to hear so much constant coughing 



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in our public assemblages. So many medicines have been ad- 
vertised as cures, and so many having failed, that it has become 
customary to let coughs take their course. This is wrong ; for 
it is permitting consumption to take fast hold upon the lungs. 
Colds should always be cured, and this may be done most 
read II v by the use of the following medicine. For a dry, hard 
coagh there is nothing better. Try it. R. — Syrup of Cherry 
bark, four ounces ; Syrup of Tollue and Syrup of Licorice, of 
each, one ounce; Tincture of Squills and Tincture of Blood 
Root, of each, half an ounce ; Aromatic Spirits Ammonia, two 
drachms ; mix. Dose. — One teaspoonful three or four times a 
day, or a little when the cough is the most troublesome. 

Any medicine that will cure pulmonary complaints, diffi- 
cult breathing, throat diseases and coughs, (which if neglected 
terminate in serious, and too often, fata) diseases of the lungs,) 
is also good for one who has the consumption ; but when it is 
seated we will recommend the patient to use the following 
most excellent ''Indian Vegetable Consumption Syrup," which 
can be compounded in any ordinary kitchen or the home of the 
patient. R. — Take of Cinnamon, Blood Root, Ginseng, Spike- 
nard, and Comfrey, of each, three ounces; Boneset, six ounces ; 
(get the roots and bark unground ;) Soft Water, six quarts. 
Steep down to three quarts (not boil) then strain ; let stand til 
cool ; then add three fibs, loaf sugar and one pint gin ; then 
filter. Dose. — One tablespoonful to half a wine glass half an 
hour before meais, three times daily, until well. 

Essay on Alcohol and Tobacco. — In treating all the 
diseases mentioned in this book, I have all along raised 
my pen against tobacco and alcohol, knowing full well they are 
the cause of nine-tenths of the increase of crime not only, but 
one-halt the cause of all our present ailments, and in conclud- 
ing this chapter upon this subject let me freely say : Educated 
reason and common sense are beginning to tell upon some (pity 
all do not see it) minds, the fearful effects of the two great 
evils of our time. The twin sisters, tobacco and whisky ; these 
poisons are annually ruining thousands ; these habits tend to 
softening of the bones, the spinal marrow, and the whole ner- 
vous fluid. Observe that boy who smokes and ch^ws early in 
life — se e how easily he can form the habit, and desires and loves 
whisky ; he is never known to make a man of much energy, 
and generally lacks muscular and physical, as well as mental 
powers. We would solemnly warn all who desire to be anj T - 
thing in this lite, (or the life to come) to shun both as baneful 
poisons. I have tried both ; I speak from sad experience, hav- 
ing freely used both, I can truly say if any person wants a clear 
brain, and to feel in good spirits, then use^no tocacco or spirits. 
Tneir constant use are constantly impairing digestion. To il- 
lustrate, saturate any healthy lood with gastric juice, and in a 
short time it will dissolve it. This is termed digestion. Then 
add to this same mixture a little tobacco or alcohol, and it will 
not dissolve it, but otherwise preserve it. This is called indi- 
gestion. Therefore dear reader, beware ; think not because 
the human body can so far resist the influences of these poisons, 
slowly introduced into it, that their effects shall be unobserved, 
for, after a while their poisonous accumulated forces will break 



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out in the form of some fearful or incurable disease. Many 
samples of facts of this nature go to show conclusively that 
pernicious influences may be (often are) exerted upon the 
secret springs of life itself, while we are wholly unconscious of 
their operations. Such, in brief, is the effect of habitual, and 
free use of tobacco and alcohol. Therefore why do we allow 
ourselves to use them in any form ? "What is the reason why 
we, old and young, do not become at once, to-day, and forever 
total abstainers ? 



CHAPTER VII. 

THE PHYSICIAN AND HIS DUTY TO HIS PATIENTS J OR IM- 
PORTANT INSTRUCTION TO BOTH. THIS IS TRULY A 
CHAPTER WORTHY OF CAREFULL PERUSAL. 

Doctors — not only of medicine, but of divinity and the 
laws — are prone to disagreement, and it is surprising to many 
that they should disagree in respect to nearly everything they 
say or do. Some doctors are disposed to deify their pet theo- 
ries, not considering for a moment the claims of others of equal 
value. There is at the present time a physician for about every 
one thousand people throughout the entire globe, and what is 
the result ? At least five hundred ot every thousand are yet as 
ignorant of the art of maintaining their health as were our 
first parents in the garden of Eden ; and nearly one-third of 
the human family to-day are afflicted with some form of chronic 
disease. Ought this to be? I answer no! For if we, as pre- 
tending doctors, understand and properly discharge the duties 
of our high trust and most important calling, it sterns to me 
our duty should be to cure, instead of entailing the disease in 
chronic form, and also teach the patients how to maintain their 
health in the future. Such is my opinion, and the opinion or 
every inquiring mind ; and if we do not do this we must cer- 
tainly own we are ignorant of that of which we assume to be 
masters. This renders us quacks, or a band of consumate 
scoundrels ; and I leave it to the reader to say which. Doctors 
are not entitled to the great confidence they have heretofore 
enjoyed and still insist upon. I, for one, am tired of dcdginu 
and apologizing for the many mistakes made by physicians. 

There is no such thing as a full knowledge of disease, and 
far less a standard science how to cure it. What is science? 
We answer, it is what we know of nature. What is disease ? 
Il is disturbed nature. We don't know all of nature ; neither 
do we know all of disease. Neither book is fully written ; 
neither indeed ever will be. 

We can learn and know a few things, and know them well, 
but no one man, or set of men, can learn or know all. There- 
fore the term science does not apply to the practice of medicine, 



[29] 

or knowledge of disease. Many of our commonest and most 
dreaded diseases are rendered such by the manner in which 
they are treated. Doctors frequently see but one side of the 
question, for it is very difficult to form a true estimate of what. 
belongs to nature, and what to credit to art. 

Drugs are given, the patient recovers, and the doctor 
credits himself with the cure. Now who know* whalher the 
presence of the doctor, or the drugs, or that nature accom- 
plished the change, or whether it took all three to do the busi- 
ness. How can we tell ? We have no field for observation, no 
distinct instruction in the natural history of disease uninflu- 
enced by drugs ; we find it difficult to create one, for no sooner 
is one sick than they put themselves under some sort of treat- 
ment. This applies to all ranks and grades of society ; they 
seek relief from suffering and dangers at once when in their 
power. Thus we see our dilemma; whereas the medicines we 
gave may have had little or nothing to do with the patient's 
recovery — very likely it took place in spite ot our drugs. 
Therefore we make the common mistake of accepting sequence 
for a consequence, and in none, perhaps, more than in esti- 
mating the curative value of drugs. What then is our duty to 
our patient — with all our skill — to the best of our knowledge ? 
I answer these three questions by saying, it is our duty to as- 
sist nature, by art, in restoring the vital forces to their normal 
action. Therefore, when a doctor is called, let him first get 
the confidence of the sick — don't do too little, don't do too 
much — don't over-drug your patient, all drugs being poison 
and none of them occupy neutral ground. Never administer a 
drug without a definite purpose — continue no medicine longer 
than is absolutely necessary. It is the duty of every physi- 
cian to restore health oy the simplest means in his power. To 
know the nature and cause of a disease is more than medicine, 
for if the former is unknown, the latter may prove fatal. 
Patients look at and study v^ry closely their physician ; they 
are impatient to get well — are anxious, restless; they fear the 
doctor does not quite understand their case; they imagine 
there is something obscure about the nature of their difficulty ; 
in fact they are nervous, and are apt to forget it takes time to 
cure the disease — time is often just the remedy they most need. 
Every physician should learn to be cheerful and study their 
patient's mind, and when they appear to desire, and must and 
will have medicine — often against your better judgment — give 
such (in part at least) as are absolutely unhurtful and unknown 
to the patient. These, confidently administered, will often 
cause the patient to sleep better, and the moral effect is good. 
This, and this only, is our justification for giving medicines 
of no value. Never awake a patient from a good refreshing 
sleep to take medicine ; see that the patient has proper food, 
proper clothing, proper bathing, properly aired rooms, proper 
and kind waiters — these, and all these, being necessary to 
hasten a cure. In conclusion, let me exhort both the physician 
and patient to be honest, sober and virtuous, looking unto God 
for every good and perfect gift, and in order to keep your own 
and your patients secrets tell them to no one. 



[30] 

Why were the ancient Jews commanded to be circumcized? 
It prevented, not only the spreading of sexual diseases, but it 
tilunteu the finer feelings of the sensitive and tender organ of 
generation, thereby, in a great degree, lessening the desires 
and passion for sexual intercourse, practiced to such great ex- 
tent at the time by all other surrounding nations. 

Whoever desires light must conquer their darkness. 

What is the transgression of the moral and physical laws 
of our Maker ? It is Sin. At first it seems delightful, then 
pleasing, then desirous, then it grows easy, then it becomes 
more frequent, then it becomes habitual, then more confirmed, 
then the transgressor becomes obstinate. At this point, if re- 
p ntance and reform are not established, ruin is certain. 

Therefore sin no more. I. S. S. 



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